[ConsoleKit] The future of CK

Leen Besselink consolekit at consolejunkie.net
Thu May 5 15:09:02 PDT 2011


On 05/05/2011 11:34 AM, Lennart Poettering wrote:
> On Wed, 04.05.11 01:19, Leen Besselink (consolekit at consolejunkie.net) wrote:
>
>>>> Hello Lennart/list,
>>>>
>>>> Does this also try to solve the problem people are having with
>>>> fast-user-switching, linux-does-not-have-a-revoke-system-call and
>>>> whatever else is related ?
>>> As Kay already said, this will not magically add the revoke() syscall to
>>> the kernel. Not sure though what you mean by problem with FUS?
>>>
>>> Lennart
>>>
>> My guess is, it is the same problem. Because of revoke () is missing,
>> when you choose to do FUS things start to break.
>>
>> For example, you can choose shutdown from the panel, but all it does it
>> logout (even if it is the last logged in user).
>>
>> I think if after the last logged out user has logged out, one logs back in,
>> you still can't choose shutdown from the panel.
>>
>> (you probably want to know: this is on Ubuntu)
> That sounds like a bug in unity, not in CK and this is nothing that will
> be fixed with systemd (in particular because our Ubuntu friends are
> currently not citizens of the fabulous systemdland).
>

It was/is LTS actually.

Probably an old bug anyway. :-/

> Lennart
>



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